Project Detail

The Truth Commissioner

Synopsis

The newly appointed Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which no one wants revealed.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
94 mins
Director
Declan Recks
Producer
David Collins, Eoin O’Callaghan, Kevin Jackson
Editor
Gareth Young
Screenwriter
Eoin O’Callaghan
Director of Photography
Michael Lavelle
Production Designer
Tom McCullagh
Composer
Niall Byrne
Principal cast
Roger Allam, Sean McGinley, Tom Goodman Hill, Conleth Hill, Ian McElhinney, Bird Brennan, Barry Ward

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

BT9 Films for Big Fish Films, Samson Films.

Produced in association with Northern Ireland Screen, BBC Northern Ireland, The Irish Film Board and The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Big Fish Films

44 Elmwood Avenue
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT9 6AZ

Sales Company

Carnaby International Sales and Distribution

Severah Akhtar
20 Orange Street
London
WC2H 7EF

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